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Can external dopamine intake influence one's logic and reasoning? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This question has been stuck on my mind since last night.

If dopamine signals were (somehow) artificially triggered during negative actions in someones brain through some machine or something, could the brain defy logic and reasoning and perceive those actions as positive?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Of course. Your personality and consciousness are entirely defined by three things: Your memories, your current surroundings, and the current chemical state of your brain/body. Changing any of those will change your logic and reasoning because reasoning in a vacuum is something only computers do.

For examples of changes that would drastically alter the thought process of even the most stoic, rational person, here:

Memories: Amnesia from brain injury
Surroundings: Being trapped in a coffin full of centipedes
Brain chemistry: Being high on methamphetamine

Any of these things will immediately demonstrate that we are not computers or logic machines.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

TBF if you change the chemistry of your circuit boards the computer won't work the same either.

Same with removing stored settings files.

Honestly, probably same after a certain amount of time with the centipede coffin.